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Recently, many scientific researchers have observed various data of Jupiter and carefully calculated it.
In the process, many researchers have discovered an interesting phenomenon: Jupiter radiates more heat outward than it absorbs from the sun, and this radiation is 1.5 times higher than originally theoretically calculated.
This irrational phenomenon has aroused the curiosity of many people, so some astronomers have speculated that it may mean that Jupiter is accumulating energy and will become a star in the future.
Because Jupiter is accumulating energy, Jupiter radiates more heat than it absorbs.
When Jupiter's energy accumulation reaches a certain level, it ignites a fire and becomes a true star, allowing it to emit more heat.
1. Can Jupiter become a star?
However, astronomers believe that it is almost impossible for Jupiter to become a star, why is that?
For Jupiter to become a true star, it must have a certain mass limit, that is, at least 13 times the mass of the Sun.
Jupiter's current mass is 320 times the mass of the Earth, but this is compared to the mass of the Sun.
If all the planets were to be grouped together and their centroid mass was calculated, the mass would be only 3% of the mass of the Sun, which is far from enough to be a star.
However, the mass of the Earth is far from enough, let alone Jupiter, the largest of the three planets, so it is basically impossible, but not entirely impossible, that Jupiter will become a star.
Unless Jupiter is at least 13 times the mass of the Sun, then Jupiter will be able to become a true star.
However, the mass of matter with 13 times the mass of the Sun is too large, and if Jupiter really has such a large mass, then the entire solar system will also be too large to store Jupiter, which will cause the stability of the solar system to be seriously affected, tampering with its original equilibrium state.
So, from this point of view, Jupiter is absolutely impossible to become the second star in the solar system.
And, even if Jupiter could become a star, all the people, animals and plants in the solar system would be in great danger – energy explosions.
Take the earth as an example, the heat we receive from the sun can help everything on our earth grow, but the heat of the sun is really too powerful.
When Jupiter becomes a star, humanity in the solar system will soon be wiped out due to heat, and the Earth will soon become an unsuitable planet for human life, and may even become very much like Venus.
Venus is the closest to the Sun, so it has the most intense heat in the solar system, and its surface temperature can even boil all the water, so there is no life on Venus.
2. What is the smallest star in the Milky Way?
The Sun is a certain distance from Venus, so the heat of the Sun is much weaker so that humans can survive on Earth.
However, if you are further away from the sun, then you will feel very cold, so how powerful is the energy radiated by the stars, the sun is like this, let alone a planet like Jupiter?
Therefore, once Jupiter becomes a star, it means that everything that grows in the solar system will be greatly harmed by the heat beyond the acceptable range, and even choose to die.
Through a process of continuous observation and research, astronomers have discovered that there is a very weak star in the Milky Way———— red dwarf.
EBLM J0555-57Ab is the world's smallest star in the Milky Way, with a mass of only 84 times that of the Sun and a diameter of only 65% of the Sun.
Astronomers can use EBLM J0555-57Ab to study the lower limit of the mass of a star, because EBLM J0555-57Ab has the lowest mass of a star in the Milky Way, so its mass is the lowest mass that a star in the Milky Way can achieve.
However, according to astronomers, it soon became clear that Jupiter was not massive enough to be a real star.
The reason why stars are able to radiate such powerful energy on their own is that they can make hydrogen undergo nuclear fusion reactions inside them, so that the interior of the star can reach a state of high temperature and high pressure, and then the surface of the star emits a luminous thermal body.
However, Jupiter's mass is too large and there is not much hydrogen in it, so the neutrons and protons inside the star cannot collide with each other, and similarly, the star cannot ignite a nuclear fusion reaction on its own.
However, if Jupiter's mass is small enough, then it will emit its own energy and spread outward, and if Jupiter is a nuclear fusion star, then it will also be such a weak star, and after billions of years, it will gradually burn up the matter in its body and eventually become a cooling star.
But there are not only burning stars in the solar system, there is also a type of celestial body called brown dwarfs, which is somewhere between a gas planet and a star, and is often called a "failed star" because it cannot ignite the energy of the star.
3. How are brown dwarfs formed?
Brown dwarfs are formed by "debris" in the process of star formation, and although there is material around them, they are also moved by the gravitational pull of the brown dwarf.
Brown dwarfs are between 13 and 80 times the mass of Jupiter, so they are often swallowed as if they were a planet during the formation of the solar system.
Although brown dwarfs cannot produce the energy of stars, they themselves also radiate heat from the sun, and the difference between them and Jupiter is that brown dwarfs have a large amount of hydrogen, so they can produce heat through the reaction of hydrogen itself.
According to astronomers, brown dwarfs are not very rare, they occupy a proportion between stars and planets, closer to planets.
4. How was the solar system formed?
In the process of simulating the solar system in the process of mathematical modeling of the solar system, the largest mass star formed in the solar system is about the same as that of Jupiter, so it is speculated that brown dwarfs in the solar system are very rare.
However, the formation of brown dwarfs is still more complex, and in order for Jupiter to become less massive, so that the hydrogen elements in star fusion collide, a large number of planets are needed, and the mass of these planets cannot be too large.
Because of the small mass of these planets, they tend to orbit around the center of star fusion, and at the same time, they may collide with each other, eventually clumping the debris to form brown dwarfs.
However, there are no such planets in our solar system, so brown dwarfs are rarely able to appear, and although Jupiter is not massive enough, it is still the king of the planets in the solar system, and it is a celestial body that plays a large role in the solar system and the planets and moons in the solar system.
5. What will be the impact of brown dwarfs in the solar system in the future?
If Jupiter were to become a star, it would have a series of catastrophic effects on the solar system.
This is not because Jupiter itself becomes a star, but because a new star will appear in the solar system, which will cause a gravitational anomaly in the solar system, which will affect the trajectory of the planets and moons, resulting in collisions, which will cause the stars in the solar system to suffer more serious damage, and will also cause a huge displacement of all objects in the solar system.
epilogue
So, it's almost impossible for Jupiter to become a star, and even if that doesn't happen, then it's a very scary thing.
This is not because of the appearance of a second star in the solar system, but because the balance and stability of the solar system will be disrupted, with catastrophic effects on the various stars in the solar system, which astronomers do not want to see.